skramla
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish skrambla.
Verb
[edit]skramla (present skramlar, preterite skramlade, supine skramlat, imperative skramla)
- (sometimes impersonal) to rattle with harsh or metallic sounds
- Tomma tunnor skramlar mest
- Empty barrels rattle the most (proverb)
- Han skramlade med bössan
- He rattled the moneybox
- Det skramlade om bössan
- They moneybox was rattling ("It rattled about the moneybox")
- sabelskrammel
- saber-rattling
- to collect (a smaller amount of) money for some purpose
- Vi skramlar till en klassresa
- We're collecting money for a class trip
- Vi lyckades skramla ihop 1000 kr
- We managed to collect 1000 SEK
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skramla | skramlas | ||
| supine | skramlat | skramlats | ||
| imperative | skramla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | skramlen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | skramlar | skramlade | skramlas | skramlades |
| ind. plural1 | skramla | skramlade | skramlas | skramlades |
| subjunctive2 | skramle | skramlade | skramles | skramlades |
| present participle | skramlande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]skramla c
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | skramla | skramlas |
| definite | skramlan | skramlans | |
| plural | indefinite | skramlor | skramlors |
| definite | skramlorna | skramlornas |